McGraw-Hill's PodClass A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide (MP3 Disk)
Published on 16. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
8 pages
978-0-07-161151-0 (ISBN)
Description
Now the most effective study guide to Shakespeare is just a click away!
McGraw-Hill's PodClass Study Guides bring William Shakespeare's work alive with a unique audio-based approach that enables you to reinforce what you learned in class or even fill in the bits you may have missed. To fit the needs of today's students, they provide quickly accessible, bite-sized information that is easily customizable and flexible for study on the go or at a computer.
This unique guide to A Midsummer Night's Dream features:
Scene Summaries and Commentaries for every scene, with Zoom-In focus on key linesAuthoritative minilectures from author Jane Mallison on characters, key themes, background, and interpretationsKey quotes, soliloquies, and dramatic action excerpted from the Arkangel production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Perfect for on the go study on your iPod, this McGraw-Hill's PodClass A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide also contains a free Desktop MP3 Player that provides a convenient way to study at your computer or laptop.
For use on your: iPod * iTouch * iPhone
Screen images will vary among iPod models. Contains one MP3 audio disk and an eight-page booklet. Requires 300 MB of free space. iPod is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
McGraw-Hill's PodClass Study Guides bring William Shakespeare's work alive with a unique audio-based approach that enables you to reinforce what you learned in class or even fill in the bits you may have missed. To fit the needs of today's students, they provide quickly accessible, bite-sized information that is easily customizable and flexible for study on the go or at a computer.
This unique guide to A Midsummer Night's Dream features:
Scene Summaries and Commentaries for every scene, with Zoom-In focus on key linesAuthoritative minilectures from author Jane Mallison on characters, key themes, background, and interpretationsKey quotes, soliloquies, and dramatic action excerpted from the Arkangel production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Perfect for on the go study on your iPod, this McGraw-Hill's PodClass A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide also contains a free Desktop MP3 Player that provides a convenient way to study at your computer or laptop.
For use on your: iPod * iTouch * iPhone
Screen images will vary among iPod models. Contains one MP3 audio disk and an eight-page booklet. Requires 300 MB of free space. iPod is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Abridged edition
Product notice
MP3 format
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-161151-0 (9780071611510)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jane Mallison is a teacher and former English department head at New York's Trinity School. Her students provided the scene summaries for this study guide.
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is an award-winning production of all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, featuring distinguished actors from British film and theater.
The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream features Roy Hudd ("Coronation Street") as Bottom, Amanda Root ("Persuasion") as Hermia, Saskia Wickham ("Peak Practice") as Helena, Rupert Penry-Jones ("Spooks," "Jane Austen's Persuasion") as Lysander, Clarence Smith ( "Doctors") as Demetrius, Richard McCabe ("The Duchess") as Puck, David Harewood ("Robin Hood") as Oberon, and Adjoa Andoh ("Doctor Who") as Titania.
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is an award-winning production of all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, featuring distinguished actors from British film and theater.
The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream features Roy Hudd ("Coronation Street") as Bottom, Amanda Root ("Persuasion") as Hermia, Saskia Wickham ("Peak Practice") as Helena, Rupert Penry-Jones ("Spooks," "Jane Austen's Persuasion") as Lysander, Clarence Smith ( "Doctors") as Demetrius, Richard McCabe ("The Duchess") as Puck, David Harewood ("Robin Hood") as Oberon, and Adjoa Andoh ("Doctor Who") as Titania.
Content
Pod Prologue
(introduction, features, study tips, contributors)
Our Swift Scene
(summaries, commentaries, and key quotes by scene)
What Players are They?
(lectures on and key quotes from main characters)
That's the Theme
(lectures on key themes with related quotes)
Study a Speech
(key quotes & monologs in memorizeable bytes)
Who Can Inform me?
(background info on Shakespeare, his times, and the play)
Say Thy Opinion
(essay ideas, movie interpretations, performance notes)
(introduction, features, study tips, contributors)
Our Swift Scene
(summaries, commentaries, and key quotes by scene)
What Players are They?
(lectures on and key quotes from main characters)
That's the Theme
(lectures on key themes with related quotes)
Study a Speech
(key quotes & monologs in memorizeable bytes)
Who Can Inform me?
(background info on Shakespeare, his times, and the play)
Say Thy Opinion
(essay ideas, movie interpretations, performance notes)